Doctor X
After the "Moon Killer", a surgically adept murderer who always strikes at full moon, has claimed his sixth victim, the staff of doctor Xavier's Academy of Surgical Research fall under commissioner Stevens' suspicion. Given forty-eight hours before the police move in, Xavier resorts to a psycho-neurological testing of his staff to unmask the murderer.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Dr Xavier Lionel Atwill
- Joanne Xavier Fay Wray
- Lee Taylor Lee Tracy
- Dr Graham Wells Preston Foster
- Dr Haynes John Wray
- Dr Duke Harry Beresford
- Dr Rowitz Arthur Edmund Carewe
- Mame, the maid Leila Bennett
- Police Commissioner Stevens Robert Warwick
- Otto George Rosener
- O'Halloran, detective Willard Robertson
- Globe managing editor Thomas E. Jackson
- Mike, cop on beat Harry Holman
- speak-easy madame Mae Busch
- cop at morgue door Tom Dugan
- [Globe night editor] Selmer Jackson
- [murdered scrubwoman] Josephine Gillerman
Credits
Direction
- Director Michael Curtiz
- [Assistant Director] Al Alborn
- [Assistant Director] Marshall Hageman
Production
- Production Company First National Pictures
- Production Company Warner Bros.
- [In Charge of Production] Darryl F. Zanuck
- [Production Supervisor] Hal B. Wallis
Writing
- Screenplay Robert Tasker
- Screenplay Earl Baldwin
- [Screen Treatment] George Rosener
- Based on the play by Howard W. Comstock
- Based on the play by Allen C. Miller
Photography
- Director of Photography (Colour Version) Ray Rennahan
- Director of Photography (B&W Version) Richard Towers
- [Second Cameraman; Colour Version] W. Howard Greene
- [Second Cameraman; B&W Version] Carl Guthrie
- [Assistant Cameraman; Colour Version] Thad Brooks
- [Assistant Cameraman; Colour Version] Floyd Lee
- [Extra Cameraman; B&W Version] Ellsworth J. Fredricks
- [Extra Cameraman; B&W Version] Ernest Haller
- [Extra Cameraman; B&W Version] William N. Williams
- [Extra Cameraman; B&W Version] Walter Robinson
- [Gaffer] Claude Hutchinson
- [Grip] Owen Crompton
Stills
- [Stills] Scotty Welbourne
Special Effects
- [Photographic Effects] Fred Jackman
- Mask Effects Max Factor Company
Editing
- Editor George Amy
Design
- Art Director Anton F. Grot
- [Property Master] Limey Plews
- [Propman] Lucien Haffley
Make-up
- [Make-up] Perc Westmore
- [Make-up] Ray Romero
- [Hairdresser] Ruth Pursley
Music
- [Music] Bernard Kaun
- Music Performed by Vitaphone Orchestra
- Conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
Sound
- [Sound Recording] Robert B. Lee
Consultant
- [Technical Adviser] C.E. Warrener